SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8319, 20 October 1888, Page 2

SPORTING.

MELBOURNE BETTING AND TRAINING [Bt Electeic Telegeaph.-Copvbight.l (tee Pbess Association.) Melbouene, October 19. (Eeceived October 19. at 1.50 p.m.) At Flemington this morning Whakawai did a ; splendid gallop over the Melbourne Cup distance in 3mm 46sec.

Speculation on the Caulfield Cup is becoming ZftK?, 8' 500° 50° h» beerS about Ihe Charmer, and subsequently 100 to 14 was taken and offered. Lockslev has been Kirn portedl for £5000 afc 100 t7^ Touchftone Is being heavily backed, and a good sum hi been rn rdSu atarch himat V", te 8" "pade "nine"

(Received Ocfcobcr 19, at 10.35 p.m ) Cardigan has been heavily backed fn- rh a Caulfield Cup down to 10 toi the fh?°n W?« and Maggie have been scratched for A.nh^ lfaeld J £,i p- For the V.R.C .Derby Alphmgton and Chain Shot have been scratfi Ihn/ ,h|. M uelboUme Cu P Alphington,Chan Shot, and Exchange are also scratched

RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES.

LU- lelegbaph—Feom " Rata."] n,,. . Chbistchubch, October 1!) f J^ m°rn,ug Ravenswing and St. Clair were fche firsfc to pufc in an appearance and In" S KSahSdWd* Pr 4 ga"°P »cc ro°uTd. i^arvula and Golden Crest negotiated a similar distance steadily, and Tit and Water Baby^nw»l° nCt r°r d a.ndsP^edhome*ind yaftel wards cantered a circuit. British Lion weat a steady mile and a-qharfcer gallop, andKgh was s.m.larly exercised. Merrie England and Chanty colt compassed a steady once round Ma_!nfr h°me ? V" the lasfc furlongs" and Mahgner was given a half-speed gallop over a S a a nda^T rter> Vandal ™nt S- round £&£? HelmsinaV nd Dunkeld in company cantered a mile and a-quarter. Half-Guinea at nearly top. Lorraine went a strong eallon ZT Prh" nd J?l DeW Plon*?h- Son'o gf-fSun ™d sDurti h°h WeUt tWi°e roUnd BteadS milo P an^v^ ome °Vf r the last halfmile, and Vinco and■ Patrician were given a strong double. Adulation traveled !nd c MC,rßp t8 *'th«*-P»rt speed unattended" and Mossßose did steady work twice round the new plough as did also Manton. Exchange and Engagement covered a single round stfadfi£ toa,t m m*ae6o' ted the same r°™d afc a last rate. Idaha accompanied Normanby in a was restricted to steady exercise. Carina went in company wifcfr Enchanter and Enchantress ?Z * trio did nothing beyond S W°rk',r hlle Count d'°™y accomplished a steady gallop .unattended. Raven, Mammoc* » h».f T\l d CoVered two miles and a-half afc three-parts speed, and Irish King went twice round steadily, as did also Sykes Forward was gjven mrte and a-quarter gallop, and Brin-go-Bragh, Presto, and Prem er covered a hke distance, after cantering. S! tatas and Mikado also did strong work atter steady exercise,_ while Rewi and Lyttelton traversed a circuit afc three-quarter pace? After breakfast Nautilus and Savoy did half-speed work, as did also Red Ensign, and Alsace cantered once round the tan. Wairuna (the Bribery filly), Leopold, and Escutcheon also cantered, and Corunna did half-pace work unattended.

THE C.J.C. MEETING.

w fft ■ c Sn? s \ Cui«ssier is the regular IS? ° K f, hlf. slre 'M L usket. :and doesn't in the least resemble his celebrated brother, Trenton. He ™rL* ,*fc,r th? uig side 'and as he bea«* «ohd' marks ot the mishaps he has met with during the week, he is hardly likely to strip as pink as SShV Shf th 6 New Zealand 0n P aQd Derby. The betting on the coming events of' the spring has livened up considerably during the week, and a few hundreds have been booked about the most prominent candidates mentioned below. Lochiel is still firm afc the head of trm?^ I*^ been closed with, 100 to 25 a the best offer now. Lorraine ties" him for pride of place, but there is a little more money available for him than for lasfc year's winner. Cham Shot, Sfc Clair, and Jet d'Eau have hardened. Phormium Tenax's stable connections have accepted 500 to 25 in one hand about his chance of pulling off the double of Oup and Derby." Quotations are as under:— : NBW ZBALAND CUP. 100 to 20 agst Lorraine, Lochiel (tkn, 100 to 25 off) im~ I 5 £ haiQ Shofc* St- Clair inn In Exchange. Leopold, Manton mo —io Phormium I'enax, Jet d'Bau, Cuil m a „tass, ,e[' Engagement, and Sextant lUj — 8 Escutcheon, Heresford, Silver Mark 100- 7 _ Ruby 100— 5 British Lion (tkn). NBW ZBALAND CUP AND DEBBY 100 to 8 on the field.

Nominations forthe Dunedin Cup, Publicans' Handicap, and Marshall Memorial Stakes close this evening. " Warrior," the sporting correspondent of tbe Ofcago Witness, tipped the following on Wednesday last for the Caulfield Cu|:-Bravo, Charmer, Plutarch, Pakeha. ' The match between Laing and Pefcteneell takes place at the Princess Theatre this evening the former undertaking to "knock out the latter in six rounds. The stakes are A_s a side.